controlling distortion

[loopdon]

put the distortion on a send channel 100% wet and then mix it it in with the original sound. Put a highpass after the verb on the send to gain even more control. There are also frequncy dependent distortions like tridirt.

[Barely Human]

What loopdon said, and also double check to see whether you actually need that much distortion on your kick to get the effect you want. Disto kills kicks. Try and back off to as little disto as possible while still retaining the result you want. Remember, very distorted kicks take up a lot of other freq's that kicks wouldnt usually cross into, thats why the kicks sound great on their own, but when other elements are mixed in, the track sounds muddy.

[loopdon]

You could also automate the disto-send levels to make the dist big when not much else is going on in the track and decrease when the mix is full-on.

[tracatak]

makes total sense

i will try all this and get back to you all with any problems that come about


happy holidays from NYC =)

[tracatak]

should i try verb>distort>high pass filter?

or
verb>high pass filter> distort

[BloodStar]

should i try verb>distort>high pass filter?

or
verb>high pass filter> distort

try both and you will hear what works better :-)

so many combinations. hi-pass>distort>verb>hipass ; distort>verb>distort>hipass and so on and so on ......

You can also try to not distort masivelly in one step, but try to split it into more subtle distortions, done in more steps. lets say: subtle distortion> verb> distortion again > hi pass >verb

It is same with verbs, it sounds nice when you put some early verb as a first in your chain and then some verb with more tail which gives it more space. hope it makes sense...

[tracatak]

yes totally helps..i always try different combinations..but its good to hear some combos others have tried as well =)


any1 recommend any good high pass filters or filters (plugins.)